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Newegg CPU Recall – An Obvious Prank, Made In China

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

You might have heard of computer supplier Newegg accidentally shipping computer builders boxed “processors”. This is no ordinary counterfeit import issue – I found a nice article describing the shipments – the CPU was a piece of lead, with a sticker of a fan attached to a “heatsink” piece of molded plastic. And, of course, [...]

knowing you had so many chances years ago

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

unfortunately you made some stupid decisions, were incredibly gullible, then paid for it for the rest of your life. you got angry at all the wrong people, and eventually all the others just couldn’t support you because then they looked bad. this was ten years ago. for the next 5 years you did your best [...]